PS 90 HORACE MANN

PS 90 HORACE MANN is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in RICHMOND HILL, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, with 586 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 comprises 63 schools with combined enrollment of 39,209 students; PS 90 HORACE MANN is among them.

Looking at the student body, PS 90 HORACE MANN shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 24% Asian, 4% White, 4% Native American, 3% Black. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at PS 90 HORACE MANN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Queens County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 90 HORACE MANN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 90 HORACE MANN is one.

PS 56 HARRY EICHLER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 90 HORACE MANN at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 90 HORACE MANN's enrollment has fell 31% since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 586). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 55% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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